Brassiere and similar garment



Jan. 8, 192. 1,698,070

I. ROTH BRASSIfiRE AND SIMILAR GARMENT Filed Sept. 12, 1924 2 S'heets-She et 1 A TTORNEYS.

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Patented Jan. 8, 1929 V 1,698,070 ATNT OFFICE.

ISIDOR ROTH, Ov BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSTGNOR TO BENJAMIN & JOHNES, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BRASSIERE AND sunning; GARMENT.

Application filed September 12, 1924. Serial No. 737,253.

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved brassiere orsimilar garment having at its top circumferentially elastic means forholding the garment in place on the wearer, instead of shoulder straps;to provide such elasticmeans which can be adjusted angularly withrespect to the front portion of the garment, so as to fit the top of thesame close to the wearer; to utilize for. this purpose an elastic bandat the back of the top of the garment, "separate from the main backportion of the garment; to thus enable the top of the garment to besecurely held in place on thewearer, without shoulder straps,

and yet not cut into or indent the flesh so as to show a ridge abovethe-garment, and to obtain other advantages and results as may bebrought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference designate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view of a brassiere containing my improvements, showingthe same in place upon a wearer;

Figure 2 is a front view of the brassiere removed;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the front and back showingthe conformation of the garment tothe wearer and a disposition of theelastic band at the top of the main back portion;

Figure 4 is a back view of the brassiere in position upon a wearer withthe elastic band sections inclined downwardly as is some times desirableto hold the top-of the front portion of the brassiere close to thewearer;

Figure 5 is a detail View of the brassiere removed and with the mainback portion broken away to show more clearly the inclined position ofelastic band sections indicated in Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a detail view corresponding to Figure 5 and showing theelastic band parallel to the upper edge of the main back portion whichis the position shown in Figures 1 and 3;

Figure-7 is a'view of the brassiere upon a I wearer with the elasticband horizontal, as

in Figures 1, 3 and 6;

Figure 8 is a view of the back portion of the brassiere from theoutside, and

Figure 9 is an inside view of one section of said back portion, partlybroken away to show certain stiffening members.

In the specific embodiment of the inventail features are immaterial tothe present in-,

vention and the said front portion 1 may be of any ordinary andwell-known construction.

To the opposite ends of said front portion 1 is connected a main backportion which is preferably made in two sections 8, 9 adapted to bedetachably joined together at the wear ers back by any suitable means,such as hooks 10 and cooperating eyes on the other section. This backportion may be of any ordinary and well-known construction, but it isshown as not extending clear to the top of'the ends of the front portion1, and at the bottom of the garment elastic gores 11, 12 are shownbetween the front portion and back portion to enable the lower edge ofthe-garment to flare slightly and conform more perfectly to the figureof the wearer. Stifl'eners may be employed wherever desired, as shown at13 and 14, and I have shown the seam 6 of the front portion 1 of thegarment extended throughout the back portion, as indicated by referencenumeral 15. However, it will be understood that all these detailfeatures are immaterial to ,the present invention and the said backportion 8, 9 may beof any ordinary and well-known construction.

In carrying outmy invention, I connect the upper parts of the oppositeends of the front portion 1 by an elastic band adapted to extend aroundthe body of the wearer, preferably under slight tension, and adapted tobe swung up or down'to vary its angular relation to the said frontportion when upon the wearer. That is to say, said elastic band mayextend horizontally around the wearer, or substantially so, as shown inFigures 6 and 7 or it may be depressed at the middle of the Wearers backso as to draw in a more downward direction, as shown in Figures 4 and 5.Preferably, said elasticband is made in sections 16, 17 attached to theopposite ends of I ll) the front portion 1 and adapted to bedetachablyconnected at their meetin ends by any suitable means, such asthe hoo s 18 and eyes 19. It will be noted that the elastic band formedby the sections 16, 17 may lie above the main back portion formed by thesections 8 and 9, or said sections 16, 17 may incline downwardly towardeach other, according as the shape of the front portion of the garmentor the figure of the wearer, 01' any other cause, makes desirable inorder to produce the best and closest fit of the upper portion of thegarment. In this way such a fit of the upper portion of the garment issecured as suffices to support the garment upon the wearer and obviatethe use of shoulder straps. Furthermore, While the elastic band is atits points of connection to. the front portion comparativefly narrowwith respect to the back portion it is made wide enough so that it willdraw upon a sufiicient part of the top of the front portion 1 to ensurethat neither the upper edge of the frontportion nor said band will cutinto the flesh of the wearer, but the garment will lie smoothly in placeupon the wearer without the formation of any Visible ridge at its edge.

As already indicated, the construction and manufacture of my inventionmay be carried out with many modifications, by those skilled in the art,without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I donot wish to be understood as restricting myself except as required bythe following claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationin a brassiere or the llke having a fabrlc front portion and a fabricback portion for holding the garment around the wearer, of an elasticband connected at the sides of the wearer to the ends of the uppermarginal part of the front por-' around the back of the wearer, saidelastic band being at its points of connection to the front portioncomparatively narrow with respect to the back portion andfree to beswung upon its points of connection to the front portion up and downwith respect to the said back portion and draw said marginal part of thefront ortion close to the wearer independently o 'the rest of thegarment.

2. The combination in a brassiere or the like having a fabric frontportion and a fabric back portion for holding the garment around thewearer, said front portion having its upper marginal part extendingupward beyond said back portion and terminating in ends at the sides ofthe wearer, of an elastic band connecting said ends and adapted toextend around the back of the wearer, said elastic band being at itspoints of-connec tion to the front portion comparatively narrow withrespect to the back portion and free to be swung upon its points ofconnection to the front portion up and down with respect to the saidback portion and draw said marginal part of the front portion close tothe wearer independently of the rest of the garment.

3. The combination in a brassiere or the like having a fabric frontportion and a fab ric back portion for holding the garment aroundthe'wearer, said front portion having its upper edge bowed upwardly atthe middle,

of an elastic band connected at the sides of the wearer to the ends ofthe upper marginal part of the front portion of the garment and adaptedtoextend around the back of the wearer, said elastic band being free tobe swung upon its points of connection to the front portion up and downwith respect to the back portion and lie substantially in the same planetransverse to the wearer with the said upper edge of the front portionindependent of the upper edge of said back portion.

ISIDOR ROTH.

